Community Lead-701714

WeWork India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

WeWork India in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned Community Operations Manager to enhance member experience, drive sales performance and ensure operational excellence across our location.

You will lead hospitality, facilities, budgeting, vendor relations, and team development, while collaborating with the Community Manager to optimize processes and deliver WeWork’s service standards. The role demands hands-on leadership and strong communication in a fast-paced coworking environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• 4+ years in operations, sales or hospitality.
• Fluency in local language and culture.
• Experience managing individual contributors.
• Financial literacy a plus.

Responsibilities

• Illustrate WeWork’s core values and support Community Management to foster a welcoming member environment.
• Ensure building operations run smoothly and processes are efficient.
• Drive growth and promotion of service offerings provided by WeWork.
• Coordinate with Community Manager and lead Community Associates as needed.
• Oversee cleanliness, pantry, and daily operations to maintain high standards.
• Manage vendor relations, budgeting, and expense reporting for the location.
• Support events planning and community development initiatives.

Skills

Hospitality operations

Sales

Community management

Team leadership

Customer service

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Zendesk

MS Office

Job description

About Us

WeWork India is one of India’s leading flexible workspace operators – ‘Great Place To Work’ certified (Nov 2024 – Nov 2025), aimed at creating flexible workspace solutions for companies of all sizes. Since its inception in India in 2016, WeWork India has expanded across 68 operational centres in Chennai, New Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad. WeWork India strives to provide customised and curated solutions for various office space needs through its products and solutions. At WeWork India, we’re driven by collaboration, creativity, and a shared vision to redefine the future of work. For more information, please visit our website.

About The Role

The Community team is dedicated towards enhancing the member experience, sales performance and operational excellence of our WeWork locations. This team plays a central role in all operations and serves as the “face” of WeWork. Every employee of this team helps our members and employees create their life’s work through assisting in functions such as hospitality and operations.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Illustrate WeWork’s core values and strive to achieve our mission by supporting the Community Management team to achieve the following:
• Create a welcoming and collaborative community environment amongst our members through events and by building relationships between members
• Ensure that your building is fully operational and processes are running smoothly
• Drive growth and promotion of WeWork-provided service offerings
• Take direction from the Community Manager to support the Community Team as necessary

Building Operations and Management

• Enforce a level of uncompromising cleanliness, including management of the team of Community Service Associates at your location to ensure cleaning and pantry responsibilities are executed daily to the highest standard
• Ensure Zendesk tickets and maintenance projects are being resolved in a timely manner to ensure the highest level of member experience
• Conduct quality control walkthroughs to address immediate issues, pre-empt potential future issues and identify areas for improvement when required
• Address day-to-day landlord issues including coordinating and managing building access as necessary
• Manage food and beverage offerings to ensure the quality and presentation are aligned with WeWork’s brand
• Oversee the daily ordering and receipt of product from vendors
• Prepare the building expense reports and budgets for the Community Management review
• Organize the move-in and move-out schedules to minimize member issues
• Conduct periodic reviews and revisions of base building documents
• Support the Community Manager in making strategic decisions regarding the operational and financial performance and process optimization of the location
• Train Community Associates and other Community Leads at your location to conduct walkthroughs and prepare reports for those occasions when you are not able to do so

Sales

• Support the touring of new members when required
• Support the research of prospective members in the tour pipeline and support follow-up and closing requirements when required
• Connect with local organizations and attend networking events to promote WeWork’s community and identify potential members
• Support the referral of prospective or existing members to other locations when required

Hospitality

• Develop relationships with members and proactively gather information on their needs to identify both WeWork and member services that could help them achieve their goals
• Identify and execute opportunities to connect members with each other
• Support the planning and supervision of educational, professional and personal development events based on members’ needs and requests
• Ensure a gracious arrival experience for all members, prospective members and guests of members while maintaining the necessary level of building security
• Recommend best practices to your Community Manager for the benefit of the broader company related to the member experience, sales, hospitality, operations, events, and training

Experience And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• 4+ years experience in operations, sales and hospitality - ideally from hospitality or retail
• Fluency in the local language and understanding of local culture is required
• Experience in managing individual contributors is required
• Financial literacy and business operations experience is a plus
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization skills with the ability to multitask projects from start to finish
• Passion and understanding for entrepreneurial communities

Equal Opportunity Employer

WeWork India is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our employees and members. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We expect all employees to embody our values and all aspects of employment including the decisions to hire and promote, are based on merit, competence, performance and business needs. Our total rewards philosophy is aimed at providing compensation that is competitive, performance linked and helps us attract and retain the talent we need to drive our business forward and serve our members. As part of WeWork India, our commitment to you is that you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters collaboration, flexibility and inclusion.